Means for supporting articles on wearing apparel



27, 1932. I A, HOUGHTQN 879,254

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES ON WEARING APPAREL Filed Sept. 28, 1951 Patented Sept. 27, 1932 UNITED ST TES PATE T orricn ARTHUR EDWARD HOUGHTON, o nAsi' TWIC3ENHAM ENGLAND.

' MEANS FOR SUPPORTING ARTICLES on WEARING APPAREL Application filed September 28, 1931, Serial No. 565,671, and in Great Britain October 8, 1930.

This invention relates to means for supporting on wearing apparel, pencils or formtain pens or any other desired article provided with a pocket clip similar to the well known type used on fountain pens. 7

It hasbeen' found in practice that such clips by being continually removed and replacedwear away the edge or seaming of the pocket onwhich they are fixed, and on account'of the various thicknesses of the n1aterial of the wearing apparel the clips are not always securely clipped, so that when the wearer stoops or bends forwards and downwards, he loses the pen or other article supported by the clip.

The present invention consists of a device for supporting fountain pens, pencils or other articles within a pocket of wearing apparel from a 011p provided on the article, consisting of a clip supporting strip orsupporter made of material sufficiently rigid to receive and hold the clip and adaptedto be permanently or detachably fastened at each end within the upper portion of the pocket.

The supporting strip may be held at each end in the pocket byspring clips such as those used heretofore for holding pens and pencils in the waistcoat pocket.

The device may be made of a sheet or strip of material of a fairly stiff yet resilient nature and consisting of one or more thicknesses, and such sheet is provided with means 'fi' "t tl t t fth I01 xlng 1 Wlmllrl 1e op por ion o e pocket of th wearing apparel, such strip being made of a material that will yield laterally when the clip is forced over it, and

stillbe of sufiicient resiliency to retain thev covering material, 01 of leather or any other The strip or supporter. may be formed by folding or other method, at the top .of the sheet of resilient material adapted to fit inside the opening of the pocket, and such strip may contain a thin flexible strip of thin metal,

whalebone or other suitable flexible material so as to give the necessary rigidity to the strip when the material of the strip is not in itself sufficiently rigid. The thin ,flexible strip may be in the form of a flattened or go oval spiral spring or split tube.

Various methods of carrying out the in-' vention are illustrated by the accompanying drawing wherein Figure l is a general View of the device in use as a fountain pen sup- 0.; porter applied to a waistcoat pocket, Figure 2 is-aside elevation and Figure 3a front elevation of. a method of constructing the device. v Y o In the drawinga is the main-portion of the strip or supporter, 61, 62am spring clips fixed at each end of the supporter an and adapted to clip the upper edge e of the pocket opening and so hold the supporter inside the pocket While'extending freely the full width 75 thereof and so leave free spaces in the pocket at the front and back of the supporter. When in use to support pens the body of the pen is inserted into the pocket down the back ofthe supporting strip a and thepen clips 0 forced over the front of the supportingstrip and between it and the inside of the front portion of the pocket, so that the pen clip will not be wholly visible as at present used. The device as illustrated in Figures 2 and '85 3 consists of two springclips Z21, '62 adapted to grip the top edge of the pocket and having front book like portions adapted to extend down the front of the top edge of the pocket. The back members 63 of these clips are fixed at the opposite ends of a flattened spiral spring (5 made of strip material and of which the ends are secured to the back members 63 by passing through holes 64, b5 and the end 66 bent over. The ends of the spiral spring 7 may be secured to the back members b3 by riveting or any other suitable manner.

This device may be made entirely of spring metal, or such metal may be provided with 100 suitable fabric or combination of fabrics the edges being sewn or otherwise secured together. The spiral spring d or any substitute therefor may be made in one with the clips 61, b2.

It is well known that owing to the differences in thickness of material from which clothes are made, such as winter and summer material, the ordinary clip will not retain its grip when changing from thick to thin clothes, and the article is liableto be lost as indicated above, whereas with the present device the strip itself being transferred from one garment to another the grip is constant, and the loss of the pin or article prevented;

'lVhat-I claim and desireto secure by-Letters Patent is: v i

1. A device forsupporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users apparel from a spring clipprovided on the article, comprising a singlelaterally resilient substantially rigid'supporting strip, means for holding it at each end only within the edge of the pocket, the supporting strip being sufficiently rigid and thick at its upper portion as to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of and within the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of the article as well as the body thereof will be-within and not extend over the front of the pocket. I

2. Adevice for supporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a single laterally resilient substantially rigid supporting strip, a clip at each end of the strip for. supporting it at each extreme and within the-upper portion of the pocket, the supporting strip being sufficiently rigid and thick at its upper portion as to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of and within the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of the articleas well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

3. A device for supporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a single laterally resilient substantially rigid supporting strip and two spring clips one fixed at each end of the upperedge of the strip, the two spring clips being made to engage the opposite ends of the top edge of the pocket while suspending the supporting strip within the pocket, the strip being sufliciently rigid and thick at its upper portion as to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of the article as well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

4. A device for supporting fountain pens,

pencils, and otherarticles within a-pocket of the users apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a sheet of fabric, a single laterally resilient stiffening strip for the upper edge of the sheet of fabric, and means for holding the sheet of fabric at its edges within the pocket, the strip being secured to the upper edge of the fabric and to form therewith a thickened portion to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of the front edge of the pocket, and so that'the clip of the article as well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

5. A device for supporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users wearing apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a sheet of fabric, a stiffening strip for the upper edge of the sheet of fabric, and two spring clips fixed at each end of the upper edge of the strip, the two spring clips being fixed respectively at the opposite ends of the strip, and made to engage the opposite ends of the top edge of the pocket while suspending the supporting strip within the p0cket,the strip being secured to the upper edge of the fabric and to form therewith a thickened portion to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of the article as well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

6. A device for supporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a sheet of fabric, a flattened spiral spring for the upper edge of the sheet of fabric, and means for holding the sheet of fabric at its edges within the pocket, the flattened spiral spring being secured to the upper edge of. the fabric and to form therewith a thickened portion to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of the article as well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

7. A device for supporting fountain pens, pencils and other articles within a pocket of the users apparel from a spring clip provided on the article, comprising a flattened spiral spring and means for holding its ends with in the pocket, the flattened spiral spring forming a thickened strip to enable the clip of the article to be sprung over it independently of the front edge of the pocket, and so that the clip of thearticle as well as the body thereof will be within and not extend over the front of the pocket.

In testimony whereof, I affixmy signature.

ARTHUR EDWARD HOUGHTON.

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